This past Sunday, an Avianca flight from Quito to Galapagos, via Guayaquil, arrived a few hours late at its final destination thanks to one passenger who decided to make an…

Ho hum.  Another volcanic eruption in Galapagos.  Reporting on each eruption could become mundane – a bit like reporting on the arrival of winter.  One could argue that it’s not…

We've been helping families organize a Galapagos trip of a lifetime since 1999.   Of the 65 or so expedition cruise ships in Galapagos, fewer than a dozen offer dedicated family…

I have my “Google News” service flag articles relating to Galapagos.  Every day I get a news feed that helps me monitor what is being said about the islands in…

This is your $100 park entrance fee at work. These days, at the Charles Darwin Research Station, several experts are attending a workshop on biological control for the alien and…

Here are excerpts from the press release emitted by the US Foreign Relations Committee, 23 March 2022.  The bill now must be approved by the senate.  But as it received…

In the early hours of Saturday, a tourism vessel called the Albatros sank in Puerto Ayora, the primary port in Galapagos. The ship was carrying approximately two thousand gallons of diesel, which has caused a…

With the surge in oil prices over the past few months, it should come as no surprise that ships in Galapagos would start feeling the pinch.   Fuel makes up a…

The prolonged hiatus imposed by the pandemic has allowed us to have a good hard look at the hotels we use for our signature trips (the Ocean Safari on the…

This month, the five planets visible to the naked eye will all be shining in the morning sky.   The best place on the planet to admire them is from a…